Two shootings and one stabbing have left one dead and three injured in Santa Maria over the weekend.
A man suffered gun shot injuries Friday night in a drive-by shooting near the corner of Stowell Road and Western Avenue just a few houses away from Sanchez Elementary School at about 9:30 p.m. [KCOY]
The 22-year-old victim was treated at Marian Medical Center for gunshot wounds to his lower back and leg. Santa Maria Police officers are looking for a suspect in the possible gang-related shooting.
One man is dead and another is injured following a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting that started on the 200 block of North Pine Street on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m. [KSBY]
The victim’s car ended up crashing into a curb a few blocks away on North Broadway.
The driver suffered non-life threatening injuries but his passenger, 27-year-old Fernando de Los Santos, was pronounced dead at the scene, KSBY said.
Two and a half hours later, a fight between two woman in a parking lot near the corner of Orchard Street and Broadway left one woman with a stab wound to her upper thigh.
The victim was transported to Marian Medical Center in stable condition.

